Why isn't GPS offered in new machines?

[robby4570]

Not really. Hackers get into government , banking systems , retail , medical facilities , you name it. Minelab should be a cakewalk for these guys. Then the kid could sell me his hack to my specific requested location and wallah ! I pull it up on my computer and watch the livestream. Even follow them home if I wanted. It's "voila"

As far as the Youtube thing , if you know and have been to 95% of your beaches within a large geographical area , all you have to see is a few seconds of video to know where they are at. Used to be in the beginning of all this , guys would do their best to hide as much as possible. Now they don't even care. Going so much as telling you exactly their location and even showing street signs. Total fools...lol

Man. paranoid much? What do all those systems have in common? They are all networked to the Internet 24/7. My detector is hackproof to begin with, my files live on an encrypted drive at my house (NOT Minelab's server) on a system that is not networked except for rare updates and that drive is not connected to the computer when on the Internet. That drive is my Financial/Personal Data Drive. I have a 30 plus years background in physical and IT security. I am a low interest target, not a government entity so there's that. Besides, I only protect my sites lightly to keep guys from going and tearing up the turf and getting us banned, I don't care who gets the history out of the ground as long as someone does. I'll happily take anyone to the couple sites I consider "honeyholes" as long as I know they can and will cut good plugs and take out their trash.

 

[robby4570]

A stand alone GPS would do the same functions with a lot more applications than installed in a detector. You can mark a spot where you got a hit, it leaves a track or “Breadcrumb” trail you can color code mark spots, and pix for research later. Price point add another $grand for one w with a GPS.
The biggest plus would be the mapping. I use my phone with GAIA mapping software, Premium which is about $50/ yr. It gives me over 50-75 maps, new topos, old topos, USFS, NAV Charts, mineral veins, mine sites, Gaia Overland, and many many more to fit any need. The phone is linked via Bluetooth to a Garmin GLO ll GPS, so I don’t need cell svc. If I am in cell svc I even have Google Earth real time, so I can literally watch myself walking thru the woods on the screen. Then I can overlay a 100 year old Topo over the Google earth and off I go. Its like walking back in time.
Before I go on a hunt I will do hrs and hrs of research looking at old topos, maps, whatever. Figure out the lon and lat then load the locations into the Phone/GPS. During the hunt I will mark points of interest, and load a pix later for research. 90% success rate. GPS is my main tool in the arsenal. Don’t leave home without it!
I used to sell GPS units and do seminars where I used to work so if anyone have any questions give me a shout.View attachment 595908View attachment 595909

I'm a minimalist, the less gear I have to carry the better. In my case it's easier to record all the find data (including the machine settings, Fe-Co numbers, GPS Lat/Long and Date/Time) right onto the detector and upload it to my laptop when I get home. I had used my phone with an app but it was too tedious and time consuming.

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[KOB]

Man. paranoid much? What do all those systems have in common? They are all networked to the Internet 24/7. My detector is hackproof to begin with, my files live on an encrypted drive at my house (NOT Minelab's server) on a system that is not networked except for rare updates and that drive is not connected to the computer when on the Internet. That drive is my Financial/Personal Data Drive. I have a 30 plus years background in physical and IT security. I am a low interest target, not a government entity so there's that. Besides, I only protect my sites lightly to keep guys from going and tearing up the turf and getting us banned, I don't care who gets the history out of the ground as long as someone does. I'll happily take anyone to the couple sites I consider "honeyholes" as long as I know they can and will cut good plugs and take out their trash.

And I thought I had it bad. Your paranoia runs deep ! Just remember if man built it , man can tear it down. Your little home ACME security system is vulnerable to hacks and wacks. No biggie , at least you want people to share digging up your history.

 

[maxxkatt]

There id "Go Terrain" for the XP Deus 2. $5 per year for basic, and $10 for advanced. Only thing advance has over basic is cloud saving all your data and the ability of group hunts to share other member's "Go Terrain" data.

I am going to give it a shot and see how it compares to the one I had on my CTX3030.